Well, Ambrose Beers at http://www.suck.com today really criticizes Salinger but I wondered if Beers's inability to sense the "pure poetry" of Salinger without the stanzas and Beers's inability to see genuine spiritual insights in Salinger's fiction (and being) is much more than his own inabilities to imagine what Salinger points toward...in other words, I don't expect Salinger to prove the "pure poetry of seymour" because I can imagine it...same with spiritual directions...he's not offering a how to and never did...anyhow, I thought it was interesting to read though only half the links really worked, will